The International Space Station will be visible over the Carolinas tonight, according to the National Weather Service.
“Almost overhead when viewed from the beaches,” the NWS Wilmington office tweeted this afternoon.
A map of its fly-over indicates the ISS will be in view a few minutes after 9 p.m.
“Look for a bright steady light moving southwest to northeast….” said NWS.
The largest man-built object currently in orbit, ISS is about the size of a football field and weighs almost 1 million pounds, according to a fact sheet from NASA. Its interior is as large as a six-bedroom house; an acre of solar panels provides its power.
The first components of the ISS launched into space in 1998; its first crew arrived in October 2000.
Currently living on the station are Commander Steve Swanson and flight engineers Oleg Artemyev, Alexander Skvortsov, Reid Wiseman, Alexander Gerst and Max Suraev, according to NASA.
Click here for profiles of each member and here for a recent dispatch on their expedition.
Ben Brown is a news reporter at Port City Daily. Reach him at [email protected] or (910) 772-6335. On Twitter: @benbrownmedia
